Fan-belt pulley



Patented Aug. 2, 1927.

kUNIVIED Is'TAgis Faremo-Fries- HARRY B. HULL, oF'oIL'To'N, OKLAHOMA, AssIGNoR or ONE-HALF To CLYDE s.

GoonALL, or YALE, OKLAHOMA.

, FAN-BELT PULLEY.

Application filed May 19, 1926. VfserialNo. 110,205.

This invention relates to an improved fan belt pulley for Ford engines, and seeks, among other objects, to provide a pulley which, after being appliedl to an -engine crank shaft, may be adjusted for taking up end play inthe crank shaft.

The invention seeks, as a further object,

to provide a pulley wherein the pin employed for locking thepulley on the crank shaft will also serve to lock the parts in adjusted position. f

And the inventionseeks, asa still further object, to Yprovide `a pulley wherein suitable ing the mannerin which the rearmost bearing washer tion. y

As is well known, the crank shaft of` a Ford engineis subjected to unusual rearward end thrust, due to the fact tliatwhen the low speed clutch pedal of the vehicle employed is locked against rotantransmission is pressed forwardly for rendering the low speed active, the pressure eX- erted on thelever is communicatedto the crankshaft to pull rearwardly thereon.y As a'consequence, tlierear main bearingof the crank shaft, whichy bearing, under Vnormal circumstances, sustains the whole load of the rearward thrust of the crank shaft, soon becomes worn and as a. result endwise play of the crank shaft develops. This endwise play is .particularly objectionable for the reason that the magnets of the engine magneto are carried by the iiywheel which, in turn, is connected with the engine crankl shaft so that when the crank shaftv shiftsV endwise the magnets are moved axially of the crank shaft away from the coil ring of the magneto to cause consequent lfaulty functioning of the magneto. The present invention, therefore, seeks to overcome these difficulties. In the drawings, I have shown y timing `This washer is 'sired, an anti-friction notches the front bearing of ak Ford` engine at 10, a portion of this bearing being carried by the gear case cover l1 which is provided yat its forward side with a rib 12reinforcing the half vofthe bearing carried by said cover. Journaled through the `bearing is the engine crank shaft, indicated at 13. Coming now more particularly to the subject of the present. invention, I employ a rear flat bearing vwasher 14 which is slipped over the forward end of the crank shaft to abut the bearinglO lying flat thereagainst. The washer ,14 is preferably formed of steel andyfisf providedat aV point in its periphery, 4as seen in Figure` 3, with spaced vlaterally directed lugs 15 which straddle v'the reinforcing rib 12 of the timing gear case cover 11 for locking the washer against rotation. Slipped over the forward end vof the crank shaft to liey flat against the bearing washer le` is an intermediate fiat bearing washer 16.

How-ever, it should be observed that, if deend thrust bearing may be employed in lieu of said washer.

'Slipped over the forward end of the crank shaft to seat flat against the `bearing washer 16 is a front yflat bearing washer 17 which is preferably formed of steel. y This washer is provided at its periphery 1 8y to accommodate wrench, and extending washer` is a hub sleeveV f a Spanner forwardly from vthe 19 freely ittiiig'the crank' shaft. As brought* out in Figure 2,-

with pairs of diamet. ricallyjdisposed slots 20 rwhich extend longithe sleeve is provided tudinally of the sleeve portion of its 'length' outer end of the sleeve.

throughout the major Adjustably mounted on the sleeve is a `cylindrical 'pulleyshellx 21.l Thisshell is provided centrally with a forwardly directed hub sleeve 22 and, as will now be observed, said sleeve is internally threaded to engage over the sleeve 19, which is externally threaded v.to receive the former sleeve. Formed in the peripheral openings 23, and alining with each of said openings is a pair of diametrically disposed openings 24 in the sleeve 22. Each pair of the openings 24 is adapted to receive the usual belt pulley locking pin 25 as customarily employed upon Ford engines, the

pin being removable, as will be understood,

through either one or the other of the openlwith vspaced preferably formed of bronze.

andare open at the i wall of the shell'are circumferentially spaced i 

